An accused drug boss – who could be sentenced to death for allegedly shooting two men to silence a witness – is set to face the strangers who will likely decide his fate.

Approximately 450 potential jurors for the racketeering trial of Emile Dixon, 32, are expected to turn out tomorrow at Brooklyn federal court, where they will be asked to fill out questionnaires that tackle the tough topic of capital punishment.

The reputed leader of Brooklyn’s violent “Patio Crew” is accused of obstruction of justice through murder for allegedly killing a man to stop him from testifying – at a state trial – that he’d been shot by Humphrey “Fathead” Stewart, Dixon’s fellow gang member. The witness, Robert Thomas, died when more than a dozen bullets tore into his car on Linden Boulevard on July 26, 2000.

The victim’s brother Steven, a passenger in the car, survived a bullet in his neck – and identified Dixon as the gunman, court papers filed by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jack Smith and Michael Beys show.